Word document protection

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Julia

Hi

I would like to protect a Word document so that it is not possible for a
recipient to be able to eiterh copy and paste or file>save as the document.
This is because there maybe text or pictures that I do not want to be
copied.

I've taken a look as password read-only protection but this still enables
the recipient to file>save as.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards.
 
Hi Julia,
I would like to protect a Word document so that it is not possible for a
recipient to be able to eiterh copy and paste or file>save as the document.
This is because there maybe text or pictures that I do not want to be
copied.
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Well, give that anyone using a computer could press the PrintScreen button on
the keyboard, then paste into any graphics program... I don't think it really
matters whether or not you could lock the document. It would be simple enough
to get to the text through the screen caption <shrug>

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Cindy M -WordMVP- said:
Hi Julia,

Well, give that anyone using a computer could press the PrintScreen button
on
the keyboard, then paste into any graphics program... I don't think it
really
matters whether or not you could lock the document. It would be simple
enough
to get to the text through the screen caption <shrug>

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)


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If you don't want anyone to copy, don't make it available. Determined folks
can copy anything...
 
If they can see it, they can copy it. You can make it a _little_ harder by
protecting the document for forms with a password. Most users won't be able
to copy this, but those who won't be stopped by instructions to not copy
won't be stopped by this either.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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